o camera documentary competition. the students showed which part of the constitution was important to them and why. we are the top 47 videos. -- air the top 47 videos. check studentcam.org. congratulations to all of the participants. >> lol the primary as today. mitt romney finished first. he spoke to supporters in illinois. after him, we will hear from rick santorum. [applause]

>> wow. thank you, an illinois. thank you so much. tomorrow is our anniversary. we will have been married 43 years. have 3 -- happy anniversary, sweetheart. a very big thank you. we have had a great state chairman for our effort here. he was as well four years ago. we appreciate him. we all send our prayers to sent to mark kirk. we also have a congressman in the audience. right back there. congressman -- a diverse woman to be bigger. -- tadros moment judy biggert.

i forgot congressman dan bold. bob dold -- bob dole. [laughter] our entire state of illinois delegates and you know what i have to do, i have to thank our friends in puerto rico. [applause] we were treated so warmly, so graciously, so loving. i t was a great experience for us. thank you so much.

thank you, everybody. there were so many that help us there, especially the delegates and volunteers and the people of puerto rico for their support. thank you, puerto rico. now, i get to stay within my heart be. -- say what is in my heart. you know, mitt and i have got to every part of this country. i am so moved by the people of this country that are counting on someone to go to washington and to take things in their hands in six itv. -- fix it. [applause] >> fix it! fix it! >> everything you are

experiencing tonight -- we want to take this country back. we are feeling as though strong, arms of government are invading our lives. and me to use something else. women are coming to me and saying, will you please talk about deficit spending and budgets? i am loving that. loving dad. [applause] women are angry. they are angry about the legacy we will leave their children and grandchildren and i am with to tell them something. i have somebody here that can fix id. -- it. we will turn the time over to the man who can fix it. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. >> fix it! >> thank you.

so many great friends in this room. what a night. thank you, alan i.. what a night. wow. and of course, i would like to congratulate my fellow candidates on a hard contest here. i would like to thank the volunteers and our friends across the state and frankly, in other states 11 working hard. i appreciate there and we bring support -- their unwavering support. thank you, an illinois for your devote -- for your vote and this drea. thank you. [applause] you know, electrons are about to riches. today, hundreds of thousands of people in illinois have joined millions of people across the country to join our cause.

this movement began on a small farm in new hampshire on a sunny, june day. we were surrounded by friends and family. we shared the conviction that the america we love it was in trouble in a direct without strong leadership. three years of barack obama have brought us the word jobs and shrinking paychecks. many of us believe we were in danger of losing something even more than the value of our homes and our 401ks. after years of too many apologies and not enough jobs, the store drops in income and highs in gas prices, a president who does not hesitate to use all of the means necessary to force the obamacare on the american public, but leaves from behind in the world. it is time to say these words -- this word -- enough. [applause]

we know our future. we know our future is brighter than these troubled times. we still believe in america. we deserve a president who believes in us. i believe in the american people. [applause] >> mitt! >> yesterday i was giving a speech at the university of chicago. [applause] not very far from here. not very far from where professor barack obama taught law. [laughter] it was a speech and economic freedom. as i was writing the speech, i thought to my lifetime of experiences. i had a lot of opportunity to learn about the unique genius of america's free enterprise system. it started with my father.

he did i graduate from college. he would tell me about his father who was a contractor. you know about construction. up and down years. he never made it. he never gives up. he raced great kids. later, i helped start companies and those began with just an idea and it somehow, they made 93 the difficult times and were able to create a great return for investors and thousands of jobs. those jobs helped families purchase their homes. those jobs put kids through school. those jobs help people live better lives. dream a little bigger. 45 years, i lived and breathed business and the economy and jobs. i have successes and failures. each step of the way i learned a little bit more about what is that makes america so powerful. you cannot learn that teaching constitutional law at the university of chicago. [applause]

you can i even learned as a committee organizer. [laughter] the simple truth is, this president doesn't understand the genius of america's economy or the secret of the american economic success story. the american economy is fuelled by freedom. [applause] the history of the world has shown that economic freedom is the only force that has consistently lifted people out of poverty. it is the only principle that has ever been able to overcome.

this administration is assaulting our freedom. under this present them, bureaucrats to prevent drilling rigs from going to the gulf. they keep call from the mind. the impede the supply of natural gas. they tell farmers what their kids are able to do. this administration has kept a recovery from meeting project -- projections. the president is trying to erase his record by his new restaurant. he said, we are inventors. we are builders. we are makers of things. we're thomas edison. we are there right brothers. we are bill gates. we are steve jobs. that is true. the problem is, he is still barack obama. [laughter]

>> mitt! mitt! >> under barack obama, both pioneers, he mentioned, would have faced a very difficult time trying to innovate and invent and invest and create and build jobs. under dodd-frank, they would have found it impossible to get a loan from community banks. the regulators would have shut down the right brothers -- wright brother for dust pollution. [laughter] the government would have banned a light bulb. they just did, did they not? [laughter] [applause] now, you know that the real costs of these misguided

policies, these attacks on economic freedom, this intrusion of the government into our freedom -- the costs of that are the it is that are not pursued and the dreams that are not realize is. therefore, all of the little businesses who do not get started -- do not get started. workers do not get hired. for centuries, the american dream has been the opportunity to build something new. some of america's greatest success stories are people who started out with nothing but a good idea. a corner in their garage. too often today, americans want to start a business and they do not see promise and opportunity. they see government standing in the way. i am going to change that. we will get government out of the way. [applause] you know, we once built in an

interstate highway system and the hoover dam. now we can even build a pipeline. [laughter] we once led the world in manufacturing and exports, . investments today we lead the world in lawsuits. [laughter] when we replace a law professor with the conservative businessman, that will end. [applause] i think you know this. every day innovation -- every great innovation begins with a dream. nothing is more for agile than a dream. the genius of america is that we nurture those dreams. and the dreamers. we honor them. yes, we reward them. that is part of what is uniquely brilliant about america. day-by-day, job killing regulation by job killing

regulation, bureaucrat by a bureaucrat, this president is crushing the dream and the dreamers and i will make sure that ends. [applause] the proof of the presidents failure is seeing how tepid this economy is. this administration thinks the economy is struggling because the stimulus was not large enough. [laughter] the truth is, the economy is struggling because the government is too big. [applause] you and i know something the president still has not learned. even after three years and hundreds of billions of bending and borrowing. it is that the government that creates or prosperity. the prosperity of america is the product of free markets and free

people and they must be protected and nurtured. tonight was a primary, but november is the general election. we will face a defining decision as a people. our choice will not be about party or even personality. this election will be about principle. our economic freedom will be on the ballot. i am offering a real choice and a new beginning. i am running for president because i have the experience and the vision to get us out of this miss. -- mess. [cheers and applause] look, we know what barack

obama's vision is to. we have been living it these last few years. my vision is very different than what his is. i see an america where the prospects for our children will be better than even those we have enjoyed during our lives. where the pursuit of success by all of us will unite us, not divide us. when a government finally understands -- [cheers and applause] i see a time where we will have a government that understands it is better for more people to pay less in taxes than 40 very few to pay a lot more. [cheers and applause] i see in america where the values we pass on to our children are greater than the debts we leave them. [cheers and applause] i see an america where poverty is defeated by opportunity, not

in a book by a government chekc. [cheers and applause] i see an america that is held -- but is never humbled. i see an america that is so strong that no one in the world would ever think of testing the might of our military. [cheers and applause] today which took an important step towards that america. tomorrow we will take another. each day we will move closer, not just to victory, but to a better america. join us. join us.

together, we will inshore that america's greatest days are still ahead of us. thank you very much. [cheers and applause] thank you so much. god bless the united states of america. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012]

>> santorum since arielle but he spoke -- santorum finish second. he spoke in pennsylvania. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. thank you. thank you. it is great to be back in pennsylvania. you for joining us. [cheers and applause] let me just thank all of you for being here. i know that you are not going to be here -- we have about

10001500 people who could not get in here. and i feel welcome back home to pennsylvania. you very much. -- thank you carry much. [cheers and applause] it is -- i want to congratulate governor romney. i gave him a call earlier. i want to thank all of the folks from illinois. if you look at what does clinton happen tonight, we're going to win central and western illinois. we are happy about the delegates where glenn to get, too. [cheers and applause] we wanted to come here tonight back to pennsylvania, back to a favored place of mine.

it is the town of gettysburg. [cheers and applause] there are so many memories that come to mind where abraham lincoln finished to get his address. he think about the elections of our past. i have gone around this country of the basque country. they said this is the most important election since 1816. -- 1860. it is about whether these united states, which was it was mostly referred to, would become the united states. it to be a country balance together to build a great and powerful nation. it is a concept that we were bred with.

i said throughout the course of this campaign that while other issues are important, joblessness, national security concerns, a family, all of these issues are important. the foundation of this place, the cause of what we're feeling in the economy and budget crisis. it all boils down to one word -- "freedom." [applause]

i was pleased to hear that governor romney is now adopting that the man in his speech tonight. theglad we're moving debate. i have been focused on this. i've been out talking to people. we have been to a thousand town hall meetings. trying to dictate how we are going to live our lives. trying to order us around, whether it is our economic freedom or liberty. it is building the dependency on government. we see government expand and grow. they depend on some form of federal government. after obamacare is implemented,

every single american will depend on the federal government for something that is critical to their health and life. that is why this election is so important. it is about foundational things. this is about an election about not to is the best person to bittern manage washington or the economy. we do not need a manager. we need someone who's going to pull out government and do something to eliminate theto that is what we need. [cheers and applause]

it is great to have wall street experience. i had experience growing up in a small town. we see how men and women of this country have the opportunity to climb. it i see people that work close. there are children better maybe they can climb that ladder of success. they voiced their concerns about this economy will turn around for them and not just those of the top of the income ladder. that is why i talked about an energy plan.

if we create opportunities by reducing the oppressive regulatory burdens that this administration has put on those who want to drill for energy. they have appealed to voters across the country. someone who you can trust. someone that you know when they say they will do something they are not saying it because it happens to be the popular theme someone who has a long track record of convictions, someone who's going to go out and stand and fight because it is not just what they tell us to say or what is on their teleprompter. i do not happen to have one here tonight. [laughter] [cheers and applause]

they know in their guts from their life experiences to living in america that this is what america needs and wants. they want someone who is not going to washington d.c. because and they want to be the most powerful person in the world. they want someone who's going to take that and bring it back to the country. [cheers and applause] there is one candidate in this race who can go out and make that contrast with the current

options to the white house. someone who has a track record to empower people. whether it is obamacare, romneycar -- they are interchangeable. we need someone who understands the submission to the problem of 1/17 of the economy is not government economy but your control over that sector of the economy. aha [cheers and applause] we need someone who needs to grow our supplies and someone who can trust that in good times and in bad, but when times are tough, people thought this

was a source of carbon dioxide it could damage our environment. when those who profess the man- made global warming, they convinced many republicans including those who are running on the ticket that there was one that says i know this is political science. [cheers and applause] this is another attempt

of those who want to take power away from new control your access to energy, your utilization. that is what they believe. governor romney and gingrich went along with the right. when the climate change, they change their position. now they're all for drilling. i was for it. this is the first day of the launch that we wanted to come here. [cheers and applause]

we wanted to come here to launch our campaign. we have five weeks to a big win in pennsylvania. [cheers and applause] i come as a son of pennsylvania. i learned everything about freedom and opportunity, hard work, crank up with folks who work in the middle of the my in western but albania. -- pennsylvania. the pictures of the men and women who worked there.

it they fought for the the things the people fought for. they fought for things that americans that ronald reagan referred to. it is the face of having seven children ages 20-3. it is not the best time to run for president of the united states. we felt compelled because as ronald reagan said, we did not want to have to sit down some day and look at the eyes of our

children's children and describe to them in america where once men were free. there were all born in pennsylvania. they all understand that has the greatness. all of us understand what was sacrifice. that is why we fight this fight. not because some poster tells us. because they know in their gut big things are adrift and in state at this election.

i ask each and every one of the a to join us, to saddle up like reagan did with cowboy boots, take on that responsibility over the next five weeks. we're going to head to louisiana for here. we're feeling good about winning louisiana on saturday. [applause] we are heading to louisiana for the rest of the week and then we will be back here in pennsylvania. we will pick up a whole boatload of delegates and go on to victory. thank you very much. god bless you. >> thank you. thank you.

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>> here is what we are covering this morning. the house comes in at 10:00 a.m. eastern. it will consider a bill that will reappear -- repeal parts of the health care law. live coverage on c-span. on c-span2, prime minister's questions. that is followed by a speech by the chancellor to ordaz bowring. on c-span3, ben bernanke and tim geithner will be on capitol hill to testify about the bureau's own crisis. -- eurozone crisis. -- eurozone crisis.